“Nothing is so much coveted by a young man as the reputation of being a genius; and many seem to feel that the want of patience for laborious application and deep research is such a mark of genius as cannot be mistaken: while a real genius, like Sir Isaac Newton, with great modesty says, that the great and only difference between his mind and the minds of others consisted solely in his having more patience.” MenWantFeelsMindRealSeemsYoungDifferencesGeniusResearchMarkReputationYoung ManApplicationModestyMistakenNewtonIsaacReal Genius Book:The student's manual: designed Source: The student's manual: designed
“In short, the difference between you and your doctor is that he has a well-designed reputation and you do not.” WellsDifferencesDoctorsReputation Author:Chris Murray
“It is ironic that a movement that made its reputation championing the irrelevance of biological differences when those differences were to most women's disadvantage immediately returned to biological determinism when those differences were to the most women's advantage.” MadeDifferencesMovementAdvantageReputationIronicDisadvantagesDeterminismIrrelevance Author:Warren Farrell
“I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers with very high reputations, even Nobel prize winners, often sell in very low figures.” ThinkingBigsDifferencesFiguresHugeLowsSellsReputationWinnerPrizeNobelNobel PrizeNobel Prize Winners Author:Kazuo Ishiguro